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American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building
By Pierpont, Claudia Roth
- ISBN
- 9780374104405 9780374708771
- Publisher
- Farrar
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Reviewed on May 15, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
New Yorker staff writer Pierpont (Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books; Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World) presents a loosely connected collection of essays (11 about people, one on the Chrysler Building) that alternately celebrate and skewer the American spirit. In "The Player Kings," about Orson Welles, the author finds it necessary to bring in a Brit—in this case, Sir Laurence Olivier—to compare and contrast the men's ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
